Meranti Hardwood Density
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Meranti hardwood density. 25mm 23 x 225mm 32mm 32 x 225mm 38mm 50mm. The following wood density chart will tell you how much weight you can expect from your various types of wood selection. Average length 3 0m range 1 8m to 5 4m average width 200mm range 150mm to 300mm sizes s e k d. Douglas fir a softwood ranks 660.
Curtisii dyer ex king in part s. For the sake of comparison red oak ranks 1 290. Platycarpa in part s. Meranti has little durability in outdoor projects.
Pauciflora is nemesu shorea pauciflora king. Is the principal species producing dark red seraya from sabah locally known also as oba suluk. Meranti is a hardwood. Platyclados are the principal species producing dark red meranti from malaysia.
Meranti is widely harvested and available worldwide. Meranti represents a wood of world wide commercial importance. Hardwoods generally come from broad leafed deciduous trees such as oak beech and mahogany. In lumber form meranti is worked into light structural framing moldings and trim and low cost furniture.
As veneer much of it becomes plywood plywood paneling cabinets and hollow core doors. On the janka scale a scale that ranks wood for hardness meranti varieties rank between 800 and 825. In the following chart chart 1 you will note that cedar weights. A simple comparison of the lb ft3 of cedar and any other species will tell you what you can expect in added weight.
Malaysian dark red meranti timber varies in colour from pale pink white to dark red purple. It should be moderately priced despite the fact that it is imported. Meranti is not listed in the cites appendices but many species in the shorea genus are on the iucn red list. The majority of shorea species are listed as being critically endangered due.
Material properties material properties for gases fluids and solids densities specific heats viscosities and more. Red meranti can be glued well but due to its high density it is advised to use special heavy duty glue. It easily machines cuts mills and sands. The thing that defines a hardwood from a softwood is the presence of special pores in the cellular structure of the wood itself.
Acuminata in part s. Definitions and convertion calculators. Density density of different solid materials liquids and gases. Wood density and specific gravity the following chart will tell you how much weight you can expect from your wood selection.
The alternative malaysian name for the wood of s. The density of a wood is determined based on the multiple growths and physiological factors such as age diameter height radial growth geographical location site and growing conditions etc. The density can also vary substantially as there are numerous sub species. Combustion of wood heat values firewood and.